A Thousand Years Pass, the Metal Element Formation

"You brat, your ambitions are quite enormous. But achieving that will be far too difficult," Duobao said.

"It is difficult. But I have already resolved many of the troublesome points. What I lack now is a form of energy capable of replacing all divine beast blood essence. Only then can I rely on the acupoint diagrams of the various divine beasts to evolve all kinds of divine beasts and unleash their innate divine abilities," Chen Yang said heavily.

"That will be very difficult. After all, the Primordial World has countless divine beasts. Finding one kind of energy that can replace the blood essence of every divine beast is truly no easy task. But on further thought, there are three kinds of energy that meet this condition. First: Chaos energy. It can evolve all things, so it might work. However, Chaos energy is not something someone at your level can come into contact with, much less control.

Second: Chaos blood essence. The blood essence of Chaos Demon Gods contains Chaos attributes and might also replace the blood essence of all kinds of divine beasts.

Third: Human Clan blood essence. After all, the Human Clan possesses exceptionally strong reproductive and inclusive abilities. Many humans carry the bloodlines of numerous races within them. If you can find a human whose blood has fused the blood essence of various races and purify that bloodline, it may not be impossible." Duobao was indeed broad in knowledge. In a short time, he gave Chen Yang many suggestions.

Hearing this, Chen Yang fell into thought. "It is worth trying."

"Enough... Let us put aside how your Battle Formation will evolve for now. Think about your cultivation first. Over these thousand years, you have either copied books or studied divine abilities. You have practically forgotten to cultivate. You are neglecting your proper duties," Duobao admonished.

Chen Yang looked embarrassed. "Master... you know the special nature of my Body-Forged Formation. As long as my physical body is strong enough, I can endlessly inscribe formations to raise my cultivation and break through my current realm. But my physical body is currently stuck at the fifth level of the fifth turn of the Nine-Turn Profound Art. I simply do not meet the requirements to inscribe another formation."

"Body cultivation is powerful, but it is ultimately slow. Enough. Go temper your body at once and strive to break through to the Great Luo Realm as soon as possible. Otherwise, do not even think about leaving Golden Ao Island to run around," Duobao said.

What could Chen Yang say to that? He could only nod.

There was no helping it. After learning of the Human Pool's effects, Chen Yang had desperately wanted to visit the Human Clan.

For the sake of safety, Chen Yang had also urged someone to lead the way.

Not long ago, Chen Yang had sought out Immortal Wuyun and Golden-Spirit Holy Mother.

Golden-Spirit Holy Mother had originally planned to make a trip to the Human Clan, and Chen Yang had wanted to go along. Unfortunately, Duobao found out and suppressed Chen Yang.

Chen Yang shook his head. "Master, I understand. I will go to Three Xiao Peak and cultivate together with Martial Aunt Yunxiao."

Hearing this, Duobao flicked his horsetail whisk. "Go on, go on..."

Ever since the Jie Sect gained thirty-six core disciple positions, many people had wanted to obtain the title of core disciple. However, Tongtian had said nothing, so everyone could only wait.

The Three Xiao had obtained core disciple positions early on. Their subsequent treatment included a dedicated cultivation ground within Golden Ao Island.

Three Xiao Peak was the Three Xiao's cave abode, located within Golden Ao Island. Chen Yang often went there to cultivate together with Yunxiao.

After all, the Five Elements generated one another, while yin and yang flowed in cycles. This brought enormous benefits to both Chen Yang and Yunxiao.

Yunxiao relied on Chen Yang's high-quality Five Elements to improve the quality of the condensed Five Elements within her body. Chen Yang, meanwhile, relied on the circulation of the Five Elements to temper his physical body.

Otherwise, Chen Yang could not possibly have advanced from the first level of the fifth turn of the Nine-Turn Profound Art to the fifth level in merely a thousand years.

In the blink of an eye, another thousand years passed.

Over the past thousand years, Chen Yang had mostly cultivated together with Yunxiao. Otherwise, he read countless texts, comprehended the insights within them, transformed them into his own foundation, and refined his Battle Formation and many secret arts.

After all, Chen Yang possessed a treasure that amplified his intelligence. Not using it would have been far too wasteful. Chen Yang's many inspirations and his ideas for divine abilities brought from Earth could all be created through wisdom, the Heavenly Evolution Pearl, and countless Primordial World Dao arts...

It could be said that Chen Yang now lacked neither creativity, wisdom, nor the ability to evolve things. The only thing he lacked was sufficient accumulated knowledge. Thus, the scripture repository had become one of Chen Yang's regular haunts.

On this day, Chen Yang and Yunxiao finished cultivating together. His aura became increasingly profound. "Finally, the eighth level."

"In only a thousand years, you have gone from the fifth level of the fifth turn of the Nine-Turn Profound Art to the eighth level. Advancing three levels in total is already astonishingly fast," Yunxiao said with emotion.

Chen Yang smiled faintly. "It is also thanks to Martial Aunt's assistance. After all, even with an endless supply of Nine-Nine Return-to-One Pills, refining and tempering them still took a great deal of time. Martial Aunt cultivated with me, helped me refine the pills, and assisted me in tempering my physical body. That is why I have improved as I have today. Still, I have wasted Martial Aunt's cultivation time."

"It is nothing. I have already attained the Supreme Unity Profound Immortal realm. What I need now is accumulation before I can become Immortal Great Unity," Yunxiao said.

Chen Yang nodded and said nothing more. Over the past thousand years, Chen Yang had relied on the Nine-Nine Return-to-One Alchemy Formation and the countless spiritual herbs he had brought out of the secret realm to refine batches upon batches of Nine-Nine Return-to-One Pills.

The Nine-Nine Return-to-One Pill could accelerate the cultivation of the Nine-Turn Profound Art. With batch after batch of pills, Chen Yang accelerated his cultivation of the Nine-Turn Profound Art. However, consuming pills also required time to temper them. Fortunately, he had the Fire Element Formation and could use the Great Sun True Fire to temper the pills, accelerating their digestion.

Yet tempering and digesting the pills still required time. At such times, Yunxiao assisted Chen Yang. Through their joint cultivation, she controlled the Great Sun True Fire, helped Chen Yang temper the pills, transformed them into pure medicinal potency, and allowed Chen Yang to use it to cultivate the Nine-Turn Profound Art.

Now that his physical body had advanced another step, he had also taken another step closer to the Great Luo Realm.

Soon, Chen Yang and Yunxiao arrived at a pavilion on Three Xiao Peak, sipping Enlightenment Tea as they chatted.

However, Bixiao suddenly burst in. "This is bad, this is bad... Master has announced new rules again. We are done for this time..."

Chen Yang looked at Bixiao and stopped her. "What is wrong? What major event has happened?"

Yunxiao was also puzzled. "Yes. Did Master send any message while we were in seclusion?"

"Not long ago, Master announced new rules for Jie Sect disciples. He added challenge rules and promotion rules. Outer disciples can challenge core disciples, core disciples can challenge personal disciples, and personal disciples can challenge direct disciples. As long as they succeed in a challenge, they can obtain the corresponding disciple status. Now many outer disciples are glaring at us like tigers watching prey. Every last one of them has their eyes on us," Qiongxiao said helplessly.

Bixiao nodded as well, visibly conflicted. "We only became core disciples recently, and Master has already announced these promotion rules. We may not be able to keep our core disciple positions."

At those words, both Chen Yang and Yunxiao showed astonishment.

Yunxiao was astonished because this challenge rule had thoroughly shocked her. After all, once such a challenge rule was introduced, the first people to be challenged would undoubtedly be core disciples like them.

Chen Yang, however, was astonished by how quickly the challenge system had been implemented.

A thousand years ago, Chen Yang had told Duobao about this challenge rule and promotion rule.

He had thought there was simply no possibility of this system being implemented. After all, implementing it in the Jie Sect came with both benefits and drawbacks.

The benefit was that it would create an intense atmosphere of competition within the Jie Sect, making everyone cultivate diligently. In a short time, it could greatly improve the cultivation of many disciples and keep Jie Sect disciples in a powerful state.

The drawback was that it would weaken the atmosphere of unity within the Jie Sect. The current Jie Sect disciples seemed like one family.

But once competition for benefits truly appeared, the affection between them would gradually dissipate.

With both advantages and disadvantages at stake, Chen Yang had thought this plan would be difficult to implement.

Who would have thought that Tongtian would approve it after only a few thousand years?

In the blink of an eye, several thousand more years passed.

The atmosphere of competition in the Jie Sect had grown increasingly intense.

Since the Jie Sect announced the challenge system and promotion system, many outer disciples had been itching to make a move.

Every one of them could not wait to fight, to challenge others, and to become core disciples or personal disciples.

After all, different positions came with different treatment.

Not long ago, Tongtian sent out a message, imitating the previous Three Sects Tournament.

He would send all Jie Sect outer disciples into a special secret realm to battle.

After the fighting, the thirty-three disciples left standing would become the remaining thirty-three core disciples.

For this reason, Jie Sect members cultivated diligently, striving to win core disciple positions.

The Three Xiao, who had occupied three core disciple positions early on, now cultivated diligently as well.

Yunxiao cultivated diligently, hoping to grow stronger, challenge Long-Eared Dingguang Immortal, and ultimately become one of the personal disciples.

For this reason, Yunxiao cultivated together with Chen Yang for several thousand years and finally broke through to the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm.

Afterward, she also cultivated the Nine-Turn Profound Art as a secondary practice, tempering her physical body to the fourth turn.

Beyond that, she cultivated many divine abilities and killing techniques.

Compared to her, Qiongxiao and Bixiao had no such luck.

No matter how diligently they cultivated, they would ultimately find it difficult to defeat the many challengers.

After all, among the Jie Sect's outer disciples, there were far too many whose aptitude surpassed theirs, whose cultivation exceeded theirs, and who cultivated even more diligently than they did.

Thus, the two of them found it difficult to withstand the challenges of the many outer disciples.

Beyond that, after cultivating for several thousand years, Chen Yang had advanced further as well.

The Nine-Turn Profound Art had reached the peak of the ninth level of the fifth turn, with only the final transformation remaining incomplete.

Yet even so, Chen Yang's physical body was strong enough for him to inscribe another formation.

The formation Chen Yang inscribed this time was naturally the Metal Element Formation.

At this moment, within Dabao Peak, Chen Yang's aura rose and fell as sharp metal qi spread through his body.

That razor-sharp aura was metal-element qi. It contained the Geng Metal qi of the Bodhi Seed as well as the metal-element aura of the Merit Golden Lotus.

Duobao watched Chen Yang's changes and nodded in satisfaction. "The Metal Element Formation has also been inscribed. The remaining wood and water will be relatively simple."

That was right. Chen Yang had now inscribed the Metal Element Formation within his lungs.

With every breath, spiritual qi entered his lungs and transformed into sharp metal-element qi. It coursed through his lungs, carrying away many impurities.

However, after Chen Yang's years of cultivation, there were already very few impurities in his body.

He merely exhaled some gray mist, and his lungs were fully tempered.

Now that the fire, earth, and metal elements within his body were complete, the world in his Middle Dantian became increasingly perfected.